Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1887-03-02


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Uncalled tor Letters.
The following is the list Of letters un-
called for in the Post office at Woodstock,
Vermont, March 2, 1857:
Mrs Arthur B Corthrec.
Zcbedee Churchill.
Mrs NJ Chalmer.
Miss Nellie Smith.
Mrs Horato Thorn.
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WIN. ID. McMAsTER, P. NJ.
DR.. Hendrickson's lectures are in-
structive, popular, and well attended.
His next lecture will be on Alaska, at
the town hall, Friday eve, March A.
Owing to the snow blockade a batch
of correspondence came in this morn
ing that we are compelled, for want of
time. to cut short or omit entire.
People may 60 to prayer meetings
and sing 81 want to be an angel" but
they are mighty sure to call the doctor
in as soon as they have the slightest
ailment.
Texans want ''seeds." Well, we
have few "seeds" here that we can
spare Just as well as not. They can
be picked under Frenchs new awning,
on the ''corner" almost airy fair day.
They are indigenous to these parts,
but will hold their own anywhere.
You cannot cover yourself COM
pletely with the blanket of artiiicc--
YOU cover up one place with it and it
leaves you exposed in another. The
fact is, it isn't as deep as a well or as
broad as a barn door. Don't have
anything to do with it.
Town meeting passed off quietly and
quickly yesterday and the "heathen"
were out III full force. Ii is eviden t
that our citizens don't believe in civil
service reform from the way they sent
the old board of Selectmen kiting
down the toboggan shute Of local
politics, to return no more. The town
agent had to 90 too. This was caused
by the indiscretion of the boards
friends. Sometimes our indiscretions
serve us we'll when our deep laid plans
do fail, but this is an instance where
it did not count. The following of.
ficers were elected:
n. Paul, moderator; G. w. Paul
clerk, II. b. Reed, +. B. Shaw, /. L
Fullerton, sclectmen; Fred Southgate
treasurer II +. Sherwin, ovcrsecr Of
poor f. d. Harpin, lst constable ant
collector; O. +. Taylor, L. II. At
wood, j. L. Montague, listers; G. c
Buck, C. II. Seaver, c. O. Thomp
son, auditors; G. r. Chapman, trus
tee of public money; Geo. Marble, E
P. Tewksbury, Oliver Sherman, fence
viewers; C. o. Thompson, town CRANE
juror and agent; Fred O. Kendall, su
perintendent of schools. Raised Sl.2'
for town, state and state school tax.
c. C. Buck, L. G. Kendall, Jasper
Hazen, Il. c. Emmons, B. II. Pinney
town grand jurors.
THE WEATHER PROPHET.
And now when thaw comes and balmy'
the air,
The weather observer believes 1t a token
That the winter is gone, and we hear hin
declare
With a laugh, that the back of the winter
broken.
But soon comes 4 blizzard and three feet c
snow,
The ice forms again on the brook and III
river,
The mercury drops down to twenty below,
And the fame Of the prophet i, blaste
forever.
The Railroad Commissioners hay
reported on the West Hartford az
cident. They find that there were 8
persons on the train, Of whom 20 wer
killed, Sc injured and % escaped III
hurt. All the dead have been ident
fed. The board finds that the az
cident was caused by broken rail,
being latent defect which it was in
possible to foresee or prevent. III
board also finds that "the running
the train was properly managed on Il
part of all concerned therein" and al
solve the road from all blame villa
ever. The loss of life is not so gre
as in the disaster at Ashtabula, De
20, 1876, in which over l05 we
suddenly called hence. Dec. 23, 1877
200 were drowned by train breakir
through the Tay bridge, Scotland.
We believe this last to be the large
number of deaths caused by any o
railroad accident on record.
The toboggan craze continues a
reports of accidents come in daily.
Gray haired men and women ha
caught it. When we read of su
skinning their noses, and break
legs and arms, we don't throw doN
the paper, shut our eyes and hea